BUILDING A COMBO

Learn how SSX 3 builds combos: points added to score, combo bank, multiplier increases, and combo count.

When you perform at least two tricks in a row, several things happen:

1. The points from each trick are added to your score, located above the boost bar. The value of each trick is always multiplied by your current multiplier. For example, if you do a 10,000 point trick and your current multiplier is x8, 80,000 points (10,000 x 8) will be added to the score on the bottom of the screen. The next time, you do a 5,000 point trick, which is then multiplied x9 resulting in 45,000 points being added to your score. Then, you do a 7,500 point trick, multiplied x10 resulting in 75,000 points added to your score, and so on.
2. The base value of each trick goes into your Combo Bank. Your Combo Bank is located mid-left on the screen, and is the sum of all the tricks you've done, at their base value. For example, if you do three tricks, one worth 5,500 points, another worth 10,000 points, and another worth 2,000 points, your combo bank after these three tricks will be 17,500 points. None of the points in your combo bank are multiplied at all, until you "cash in" your combo by letting it expire or crossing the finish line.
3. Your multiplier may go up x1 if your trick is good enough. In many cases, doing tricks that score above a certain amount (usually more than a few thousand points) causes your Multiplier to increase.
4. Your combo count will go up. Your combo count is located mid-left on the screen. It keeps track of how many tricks you have done in your current combo string. Your combo count has very little bearing on the success of your trick run, other than a small combo bonus that you are awarded when you finish a combo.